Diva (Ivy Queen album)
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| Studio album by Ivy Queen | ||||||||||
| Released | August 19, 2003 (Standard Edition) January 27, 2004 (Platinum Edition) |
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| Recorded | 2000-2003 | |||||||||
| Genre | Reggaetón, Hip Hop | |||||||||
| Length |
54:04 (Standard Edition) 70:09 (Platinum Edition) |
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| Label | Real Music Group | |||||||||
| Producer | Ivy Queen (exec.), Luny Tunes, DJ Nelson, Noriega, Iván Joy, Omar Navarro, Carlos Berríos, DJ Adam, DJ Alex, DJ Eric, Joel, Rafi Mercenario, Tony "CD" Kelly, Octopus | |||||||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Entertainment Weekly | (favorable) |
| The New York Times | (favorable) |
| Rhapsody | (favorable) |
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Diva is the third studio album by Puerto Rican reggaetón recording artist Ivy Queen. It was released on August 23, 2003 and independently distributed by Real Music Group after being dropped from Sony Discos. The recording followed her two previous studio albums which were commercially unsuccessful and a hiatus from her musical career beginning in 1999. It featured collaborations with Latin hip hop artists including Mexicano 777, Bimbo and K-7 while the album's production was handled by a variety of musical producers; Luny Tunes, DJ Nelson, Noriega, and Iván Joy were enlisted, while DJ Adam produced a majority of the tracks. Lyrically, the album explored female empowerment, infidelity, heartbreak and love with "a veritable compendium of her artistic passion, femininity, and culture". The musical styles of the recording alternate between reggaetón and hip-hop while Queen experiments with R&B and pop balladry.
Diva spawned a total of seven singles: "Quiero Bailar", "Quiero Saber", "Papi Te Quiero", "Guillaera", "Tuya Soy", "Tu No Puedes", and "Súbelo", which were released over the course of three years. "Quiero Bailar" became a commercial success and her first big hit in the United States and Puerto Rico, while the other six singles failed to acquire chart success on national charts. Highly anticipated and acclaimed, Diva peaked at number twenty-four on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, number eight on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart for the South Atlantic area, number four on the Billboard Reggae Albums and number one on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart. It became the eighth best-selling Tropical Album of 2004, while the recording helped Queen to become the eighth best-selling Tropical Artist of that year. The album was recognized as a "door-opener" for reggaetón's mainstream exposure in 2004.
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